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Birthers Keep Mixing Up Africa and Australia

The fake Kenyan birth certificate being shopped around by the birthers yesterday looks like it was copied from an Australian birth certificate. So does that make Obama a New Zealander? (Washington Independent)
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) is single-handedly in control of the healthcare debate in the Senate. Good thing he represents such a populous state! (The Hill)
Former President Bill Clinton is off to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists sentenced to prison. Hopefully everyone knows what the definition of “release” is. (BBC)
Thanks to federal policies of giving bonuses even when jobs are not well done, government contractors are the only people in America who are not poors. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Levi Johnston will appear on the cover of Vanity Fair in honor of his having had sex with Sarah Palin’s daughter. (Anchorage Daily News)
Harry Reid does not care for the birthers or the Republican members of Congress who encourage them. Where is Harry Reid’s birth certificate?!!?! (Ben Smith)

Blago originally offered Obama’s Senate seat to Rep. Danny Davis, another black man, but Davis turned him down. It’s pretty clear that Blago’s strategy here was to pick any black man and dare Harry Reid to say no. And he’ll probably win, becuase most people who go up against Harry Reid do. Also, the race card is back on top of the deck. (Chicago Sun-Times/Politico)
Vote counting and recounting continues in Minnesota, but it’s starting to look like Al Franken will win. Not that this matters, of course, since Norm Coleman is going to sue and sue and sue until the 2014 election. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Mr. Obama is coming to Washington! The Obamas will move into a fancy but unnamed (Update: Not anymore! Thanks, NBC) DC hotel until the Inauguration so that Sasha and Malia can start school on Monday. (New York Times/MSNBC)
It is already 2009 in Australia! Happy New Year, Aussies! (The Australian)